Lose the automation

Progress is a good thing.
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We make the car because horses were slower and we could carry more people and go further distances.
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So having that kind of automation to create automation is also a good thing
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because we can do a lot more things without having to actually do them.
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We set them up, we create automations and they're great.
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There's one element that I personally don't like about automation is the human factor of automation.
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For instance, if you're posting stuff on social media
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and you've created a calendar of a bunch of posts and you've post dated them so they come out automatically.
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Well great, that's actually saved you a lot of time.
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But the human factor is gone because you don't know what you've posted.
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So when you get a reply, the feeling of that original post, the original thought wasn't there.
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So when you reply, it isn't really you.
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You're just reacting to a reaction of your reaction, which is the automated post.
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So automation can be good in saving you time, but the human factor is actually gone.
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And when it comes to automation, when it in your workflow, it's great because it does save you time.
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There's a lot of things that you can automate. Fantastic.
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I don't automate anything because I like to do things manually.
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I was going to talk about electric windows and manual windows.
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I've actually got electric windows in this car, so it wouldn't make sense.
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But the fact that I don't use automation doesn't mean that I don't get work done.
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I actually do. I have a system in my head so I can copy paste things that I want to.
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What fails for me with automation within my workflow is if there is a break,
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if there's a problem with the automation, you have to go back and figure out,
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depending on how big the automation is, you have to figure out what steps was it that broke.
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Things happen with dates that you don't understand why it happened with dates when you created them.
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But when it comes to working, your team doesn't understand what's going on with the dates.
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It's just the it's a bit of a mess when it comes to automation.
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You've got to be on top of it all the time.
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There are people out there that are automation experts and that's what they do.
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But you have to be on top of it. I personally don't like automation.
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I like to do everything manually. Mind you, I don't work with thousands of clients.
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So if you've got a sales team with a pipe drive, you need automation.
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If you've got hundreds of team team members within different departments, you may need automation.
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Although even that I don't think you do again, depending on what you're doing.
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But the I don't like automation. I think the human factor is gone when you use automation.
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And to be honest, most of the stuff that you think that you're saving time on when it comes to creating the automation,
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the upkeep of the automation, the oh shit, this has gone wrong.
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What should we do of the automation? It's probably.
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You might save a bit of time, but it's not as much as I don't believe it's as much as that you think it is.
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So, yeah, lose the automation I have and it works.
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Everything's handy and dandy and you don't really need a ton of automation to get what you need doing.
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Bring the human side of you back into your business rather than automate everything,
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automating everything where you lose touch with your clients. That's how I feel anyway.
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If you need any help with not creating automation because I know how to do it, let me know.
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I'll see you next time. Ciao.
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Ciao.
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